Farewell to the Sea

Reinaldo Arenas

Original title: Otra vez el mar

Translated by Andrew Hurley earliest edition we have, 1982 Viking Adult, 1985 hardcover 424 pages

Bibliotheca del Fénice

Twice confiscated by Cuban authorities and rewritten from memory, this litany of despair--the story of life in totalitarian Cuba--is told through the voice of a wife (who remains nameless), then through that of her husband, Hector, a disenchanted revolutionary and poet. Hector, his wife and baby vacation for six days at a small seaside cabin. There, in feverish lyrical outbursts, they each lament the loss of the free...

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Andrew Hurley 1 printing we hold · 1985 · Viking Adult

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Editions we hold

Farewell to the sea edition · 1987 · Penguin Books · 413 pages
Farewell to the Sea hardcover · 1985 · Viking Adult · 424 pages
Otra vez el mar edition · 1982 · Argos Vergara · 420 pages

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